Dean Regas
Dean Regas has been the Astronomer for the Cincinnati Observatory since 2000. He is a renowned educator, a national popularizer of astronomy and an expert in observational astronomy.
Dean is the co-host of Star Gazers, a new twist on an iconic backyard astronomy program made famous by Jack Horkheimer, which airs on over 100 PBS stations around the world. He is a Contributing Editor to Sky and Telescopemagazine and a contributor to Astronomymagazine, where he won 2008 “Out-of-this-World” Award for astronomy education. Dean has written over 120 astronomy articles for the Cincinnati Enquirer, blogs for the Huffington Postand is regularly featured on television and radio.
Since 2012 Dean has been a frequent guest on National Public Radio’s Science Fridaywith Ira Flatow, and his first book, Facts From Space! hit the shelves in October 2016.
At the Cincinnati Observatory he has developed his skills as a dynamic writer and public speaker who brings the complicated field of astronomy down to Earth for students of all ages.
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As the world prepares to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, we go to the hometown of celebrated Astronaut Neil Armstrong so...
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What started as a hobby, to create a website about his passion for amateur astronomy, has now turned into a 20-year career. Fraser Cain , proprietor of...
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The first picture of a black hole was a worldwide phenomenon, but what is our fascination with these astronomical mysteries? Dean Regas and Anna Hehman...
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Did you know that there is an observatory at the Vatican? Did you now that the two men in charge of the research and operations taking place there are...
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The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) will, when it's operational, conduct a 10-year survey of the sky to provide an amazing amount of data to help...
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With the changing relationships between the US and countries once considered threats, concerns about the use of weapons in space remain. Dean Regas and...
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A recent article on Space.com caught our attention, so this episode we're talking with the author of that article, Our Milky Way Will Crash into a...
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